EP4077293B1 - Traitement thermique d'acide 2,5-furandicarboxylique purifié et composition d'acides carboxyliques accessible par celui-ci - Google Patents

Traitement thermique d'acide 2,5-furandicarboxylique purifié et composition d'acides carboxyliques accessible par celui-ci Download PDF

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EP4077293B1
EP4077293B1 EP20838011.3A EP20838011A EP4077293B1 EP 4077293 B1 EP4077293 B1 EP 4077293B1 EP 20838011 A EP20838011 A EP 20838011A EP 4077293 B1 EP4077293 B1 EP 4077293B1
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Ana Sofia Vagueiro DE SOUSA DIAS
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  • the present invention relates to a process for producing a carboxylic acid composition, the respective carboxylic acid composition and a starting material for the production of polyalkylenefuranoate.
  • FDCA 2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid
  • PEF polyester polyethylenefuranoate
  • FDCA is typically obtained as crude carboxylic acid composition by oxidation of molecules having furan moieties, e.g. 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) and the corresponding 5-HMF esters or 5-HMF ethers and similar starting materials, that are typically obtained from plant-based sugars, e.g. by sugar dehydration.
  • furan moieties e.g. 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF)
  • 5-HMF esters or 5-HMF ethers and similar starting materials that are typically obtained from plant-based sugars, e.g. by sugar dehydration.
  • a broad variety of oxidation processes is known from the prior art, that comprises e.g. enzymatic or metal catalysed processes.
  • One of the most established techniques in the field uses a catalyst system comprising cobalt, manganese and bromine to oxidize compounds having a furan moiety to FDCA using oxygen or air as an oxidizing agent.
  • a catalyst system comprising cobalt, manganese and bromine to oxidize compounds having a furan moiety to FDCA using oxygen or air as an oxidizing agent.
  • Respective processes that are applicable to a wide variety of starting materials are for example disclosed in WO 2014/014981 A1 or WO 2011/043660 A1 .
  • purification processes have been developed for further purifying the crude carboxylic acid compositions in order to produce a purified carboxylic acid composition. These processes comprise e.g. hydrogenation steps, post oxidation steps, distillation steps, recrystallization steps or similar methods, oftentimes combined with comprehensive purification schemes with several steps of washing and isolating the obtained carboxylic acid composition.
  • Exemplary purification processes are e.g. disclosed in WO 2014/014981 A1 or WO 2016/195499 A1 or WO 2015/030590 or WO 2016/195500 .
  • solid FDCA particles that are obtained with prior art purification processes often have less desirable physical and mechanical properties. These properties comprise e.g. larger amounts of undesirable fines in the solid product, i.e. very small particles that are oftentimes shaped like shards of broken glass, and generally a lower strength of the obtained particles. Other less desirable properties comprise e.g. agglomerates which can be formed during isolation and drying procedures, resulting in unusually large particles. These properties make the handling of particles significantly more difficult and costly than for the most common petroleum-based diacids. For example, it is more difficult to pour the solid FDCA product or to feed it through tubes and pipes. Furthermore, the storage properties of the solid FDCA are also less desirable as the particles oftentimes tend to stick to each other.
  • the crude carboxylic acid composition obtained in such processes does not only comprise the free diacid, i.e. FDCA, but also includes a significant amount of the mono alkyl ester of FDCA, wherein currently those processes appear to be most established that result in significant amounts of the mono methyl ester of FDCA (FDCA-Me). While the respective process has several benefits over comparable processes that do not yield mono alkyl esters of FDCA, the above-described drawbacks with respect to the purity and the mechanical properties of the solid FDCA obtained in these processes are particularly undesirable.
  • An objective of the present invention therefore was to provide for a process that further increases the purity of the obtained carboxylic acid composition, in particular with respect to FCA and/or FDCA-Me impurities.
  • Another objective of the present invention was to provide for a process that yields a carboxylic acid composition with improved mechanical and physical properties and therefore allows for an efficient handling of the solid product and a favourable behaviour of the solid FDCA in the subsequent polymerisation reaction. It was a further objective of the present invention to provide for a process that can readily be combined with existing oxidation and purification processes and can be conducted in a continuous, semi-continuous or batch fashion.
  • the present process is for producing a carboxylic acid composition comprising 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, the process comprising the steps:
  • the additional process step that was developed is a specific thermal treatment that helps to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art processes.
  • the purified carboxylic acid composition is mixed with a treatment solvent composition and subjected to thermal treatment at elevated temperatures for a specific time.
  • the thermal treatment is conducted in a way that a specific percentage of FDCA is dissolved during the thermal treatment in the treatment solvent composition while the residual FDCA remains as a solid precipitate.
  • it is believed that it is the chemical equilibrium and exchange between dissolved and precipitated FDCA in combination with the prolonged thermal treatment that results in a particular favourable particle shape, increased particle strength and/or a beneficial particle size distribution of the solid FDCA that is obtained after thermal treatment.
  • the purity of the materials which were obtained in a process with a specific percentage of FDCA dissolved during thermal treatment was found to be superior to the purity of the materials which were treated with a process of full dissolution of the FDCA.
  • a carboxylic acid composition is a carboxylic acid composition that, when compared to the purified carboxylic acid composition, comprises a reduced amount of at least one furanic impurity, i.e. any substance with a furan moiety that is not 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, and/or exhibits improved mechanical and/or physical properties.
  • furanic impurity i.e. any substance with a furan moiety that is not 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid
  • Step a) of the processes according to the invention is the provision or production of a crude carboxylic acid composition comprising FDCA and FFCA, i.e. the most relevant impurity that is produced during oxidation of the starting materials due to an incomplete oxidation.
  • the crude carboxylic acid composition can be provided, e.g. taken from another process or from a separate facility, or produced using one of the several processes for obtaining a crude carboxylic acid composition comprising FDCA and FFCA known from the prior art.
  • the process of the present invention is not limited with respect to the oxidation method that is used for obtaining the crude carboxylic acid composition.
  • the crude carboxylic acid composition is preferably produced by oxidation of a compound having a furan moiety, preferably 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and/or alkyl ethers of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, in the presence of oxygen as an oxidizing gas, a solvent composition comprising a saturated organic acid solvent having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms and water, with a catalyst system comprising cobalt, manganese and bromine.
  • Step b) of the process of the present invention corresponds to the purification of the crude carboxylic acid composition provided or produced in step a) and results in a purified carboxylic acid composition comprising 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid that is at least partially solid.
  • the process of the present invention comprises at least one purification step selected from the above-defined group, wherein these steps correspond to the most important steps of the most well-established purification methods for crude carboxylic acid compositions that are known in the prior art.
  • other colour bodies and impurities e.g. so called heavy furanics, i.e. molecules that comprise more than one furan moiety, are also oftentimes removed during the purification step.
  • the hydrogenating at least a portion of the 2-formyl-2-furancarboxylic acid corresponds to a purification by hydrogenation that is based on the well-known principle, that several impurities in the crude carboxylic acid composition can be selectively hydrogenated and then separated from the FDCA.
  • the hydrogenation is preferably conducted by contacting the crude carboxylic acid composition with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation solvent and a hydrogenation catalyst to hydrogenate FFCA to hydrogenation products, and separating the FDCA from the hydrogenation products, wherein the hydrogenation solvent is preferably water and the hydrogenation catalyst is preferably palladium on carbon.
  • the hydrogenation catalyst may be selected from a wide variety of available catalysts.
  • the hydrogenation catalyst comprises one or more metals or metal compounds selected from the metals in the Groups 8 to 10 of the Periodic Table of Elements on a carrier.
  • suitable metals include Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh, Ir, Os, Ni, Co and mixtures thereof.
  • such hydrogenation processes usually take place under fully dissolved conditions.
  • the step of oxidizing at least a portion of the 2-formyl-2-furancarboxylic acid corresponds to purification by post oxidation and is based on the concept, that the product of incomplete oxidation, i.e. FFCA, can be oxidized to FDCA in a subsequent oxidation reaction.
  • the purification by recrystallization of at least a portion of the FDCA corresponds to the well-known technique of dissolving the carboxylic acid product in a second solvent and/or changing the solubility of FDCA in the original solvent by changing the temperature, in order to dissolve and subsequently precipitate the desired product.
  • the step of hydrolysing of dialkyl ester of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid corresponds to purification processes in which the FDCA and/or mono alkyl esters of FDCA in the crude carboxylic acid composition is esterified with an alcohol to yield the dialkyl ester of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (e.g. FDCA-DMe), wherein the purification is achieved by distillation, recrystallization, or melt crystallization of the resulting composition and by subsequently hydrolysing the purified dialkyl esters of FDCA to obtain the purified FDCA.
  • FDCA-DMe 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid
  • the step of hydrolysing of dialkyl ester of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid corresponds to forming a dialkyl ester of FDCA from the crude carboxylic acid composition, purifying the dialkyl ester of FDCA, and then hydrolysing the dialkyl ester of FDCA to obtain FDCA.
  • a treatment solvent composition is provided or produced that comprises at least 5 % by weight of acetic acid solvent, with respect to the weight of the treatment solvent composition.
  • the treatment solvent composition is the solvent composition that serves as a solvent during the thermal treatment step and as a carrier liquid in a dispersion for the remaining solid.
  • the treatment solvent composition comprises water, even up to an amount of 50 % by weight.
  • the usage of water is comparably cheap and allows for a very sustainable process, the usage of up to 50 %, preferably up to 40 %, more preferably up to 35%, by weight of water in the treatment solvent composition is preferred for some applications.
  • the treatment solvent composition can be provided, e.g. by mixing of solvents in a different reactor and feeding it to the process of the present invention.
  • the treatment solvent composition can also be produced within the framework of the process of the present invention.
  • the production of treatment solvent composition from the solvent that is used in the purification step b) can comprise all suitable steps for arriving at the treatment solvent composition as defined above, including filtration, addition of organic acid solvent having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, addition of water, removal of organic acid compounds or removal of water.
  • the purified carboxylic acid composition obtained in step b) and at least a portion of the solvent used for purification in step b) are both routed to a thermal treatment reactor, wherein preferably acetic acid solvent and/or water is either added as additional solvent or removed for producing the thermal treatment composition.
  • the said portion of the solvent for example, could consist of solvent which remains adhered to the solid after a step of filtration or centrifugation.
  • Step d) comprises providing or producing a thermal treatment composition comprising the purified carboxylic acid composition and the treatment solvent composition.
  • the thermal treatment composition will in practice comprise a liquid phase and a solid phase.
  • the purified carboxylic acid composition is obtained from step b).
  • the treatment solvent composition is from step c).
  • the thermal treatment composition can be obtained by combining the purified carboxylic acid composition and the treatment solvent composition in any way known to be suitable to the person skilled in the art.
  • step e) is oftentimes called thermal treatment or thermal treatment step.
  • the thermal treatment composition is subjected to elevated temperatures in the range of 140 to 200 °C for a time in the range of 5 to 240 minutes. It is essential for the present invention that the percentage of dissolved FDCA, relative to the total amount of FDCA is in the range of 10 to 80 %. It is preferred that this degree of dissolution is maintained for at least 5 min during the overall thermal treatment, wherein it is preferred that the respective amount of dissolved FDCA is within the given range during the entire 5 to 240 minutes of thermal treatment. It is preferred that the percentage of dissolved 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid is in the given range when averaged over the duration of the thermal treatment, provided that the actual value is within the defined range for at least 5 min.
  • the treated composition is cooled down to a temperature in the range of 20 to 80 °C, thereby decreasing the solubility of FDCA in the solvent, leading to precipitation of the carboxylic acid composition.
  • At least a portion of the solid FDCA is separated from the treated composition to obtain the carboxylic acid composition, wherein a mother liquor remains that comprises the saturated organic acid solvent having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
  • the carboxylic acid composition not only exhibits an increased purity compared to the purified carboxylic acid composition but also features solid particles that, unlike in the purified carboxylic acid composition, do not exhibit an unfavourable plate-like shape but are found to be more spherical. Likewise, the distribution of particle sizes is more favourable and allows for a more convenient handling of the solid product.
  • the resulting carboxylic acid composition was found to exhibit very beneficial mixing behaviour with alkylene glycol, preferably ethylene glycol, and therefore constitutes a very promising starting material for the production of polyalkylenefuranoate.
  • thermal treatment step can beneficially be incorporated into existing processes for producing carboxylic acid compositions comprising FDCA as the process of the invention is not limited with respect to the technology that is used for obtaining crude FDCA and can be combined with the most relevant purification processes known in the prior art.
  • the treatment solvent composition comprises acetic acid solvent, as it is the most common solvent used in most processes of the prior art for the oxidation reaction. This allows for an efficient plant management and reduces the need for storing additional chemical substances, therefore reducing storage costs.
  • the process of the present invention it is possible to obtain the above-describes beneficial effects without the need for expensive catalysts or highly corrosive and/or hazardous substances, wherein the surprisingly high suitability of water as a minor component of the treatment solvent composition is particular beneficial. Furthermore, it is possible to reuse the treatment mother liquor that comprises the organic acid for use in other steps of the process according to the invention, preferably in the oxidation step and/or the purification step and/or the thermal treatment step. This allows to arrive at a particular sustainable process with low waste generation.
  • step b) comprises at least two steps selected from the group defined in step b). Also preferred is a process according to the invention, wherein in step b) the purifying comprises the step of hydrogenating at least a portion of the 2-formyl-2-furancarboxylic acid and the step of crystallizing at least a portion of the solid 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid from the hydrogenation reaction mixture.
  • the expression "at least a portion of” preferably means at least 20 %, preferably at least 30 %, more preferably at least 40 %, even more preferred at least 50 %, most preferred at least 60 %, wherein for concentrations these values are given as percent by weight if not indicated otherwise.
  • the crude carboxylic acid composition and/or the purified carboxylic acid composition comprise mono alkyl ester of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, preferably mono methyl ester of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA-Me).
  • a respective crude carboxylic acid composition comprising mono alkyl ester of FDCA can for example be produced by oxidizing a feed of starting materials that comprise an alkyl ether of 5-HMF.
  • both the crude carboxylic acid composition and the purified carboxylic acid composition comprise mono alkyl ester of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid.
  • mono methyl ester of FDCA and mono ethyl ester of FDCA are the most relevant mono alkyl esters of FDCA, wherein the mono methyl ester of FDCA is particularly prevalent, so that the presence of monomethyl ester of FDCA (FDCA-Me) in the crude carboxylic acid composition and the purified carboxylic acid composition is particularly preferred, due to its high industrial relevance.
  • FDCA-Me monomethyl ester of FDCA
  • the mechanical and physical properties of solid purified FDCA are oftentimes found to be less desirable when the purified FDCA also comprises mono alkyl ester of FDCA, in particular monomethyl ester of FDCA.
  • step e) is conducted in a reactor that is pressurized with an inert gas, preferably nitrogen or argon, and/or wherein the thermal treatment composition in step e) is agitated for at least a portion of the time, preferably by stirring, to expose the solid 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid to shear forces.
  • an inert gas preferably nitrogen or argon
  • step e) in a reactor that is pressurized within an inert gas, as this reduces the presence of oxygen or other reactive gaseous compounds in the reactor, that could otherwise be present from preceding process steps.
  • the atmosphere in the reactor during operation is predominantly made up by the inert gas and the vaporized organic acid solvent and/or water.
  • an inert gas allows for a particularly safe process, as the likelihood of potentially dangerous side reactions and/or exothermic reactions and/or fires is decreased.
  • the agitation of the thermal treatment composition during the thermal treatment also enhances the homogeneity of the liquid phase and reduces concentration gradients of impurities, thereby facilitating both the purification and the improvement of the mechanical properties of the resulting particles.
  • the agitation can be provided with all suitable means that are known to the skilled person, e.g. by stirring of the thermal treatment composition or utilizing an external pumping loop.
  • the thermal treatment composition comprises 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid in an amount of 15 to 45 %, preferably 20 to 40 %, by weight with respect to the weight of the thermal treatment solvent composition.
  • Such a preferred process is beneficial, as the desired ratio between dissolved and solid FDCA in step e) can readily be obtained when the respective amounts of FDCA are used without the need for high temperatures and with a high flexibility with respect to the composition of the solvent employed.
  • the treatment solvent composition comprises acetic acid, preferably in an amount in the range of 55 to 99 %, preferably 60 to 98 %, by weight with respect to the weight of the treatment solvent composition, and/or wherein the treatment solvent composition comprises acetic acid and water in a ratio between 60:40 and 99.9:0.1, preferably in a ratio between 65:35 and 95:5, by weight.
  • Respective treatment solvent compositions with the defined ratios of acetic acid and water are particularly preferred, if the main objective is to obtain the highest possible degree of purity and the most beneficial mechanical properties, e.g. because low amounts of water result in less decarboxylation of the FDCA. Furthermore, larger amounts of acetic acid provide for the best impurity removal, but adding specified amounts of water can allow for dissolution of larger amounts of FDCA, thereby allowing the process to be run at lower temperatures. As discussed before, the usage of up to 50 % by weight water, that surprisingly yields good results as well, can be particularly preferred for specific embodiments that focus on the sustainability of the process (e.g. in the conceptual framework of green chemistry).
  • Thermal treatment in a treatment solvent composition that comprises up to 50% by weight water was found to yield similar particle shapes as thermal treatment in organic acid.
  • thermal treatment in such water rich solvent compositions leads to a similar product quality with respect to FDCA-Me and FCA content, if the process parameters are adjusted (e.g. longer residence times). Without wishing to be bound by theory it is believed that at least part of this could be due to the conversion of FDCA-Me to FDCA by hydrolysis.
  • the purified carboxylic acid composition produced in step b) comprises less than 25 %, preferably less than 15 %, most preferred less than 10 %, by weight of solvent with respect to the weight of the purified carboxylic acid composition.
  • the respective process is preferred, because it can be beneficial to remove a significant amount of the solvent, that was used during the purification step b), from the purified carboxylic acid composition before mixing it with the treatment solvent composition to obtain the thermal treatment composition (e.g. in order to keep water from the purification step out of the solvent loop for thermal treatment that shall be conducted at low water contents).
  • the respective process is particularly beneficial for processes that employ purification methods, that use different solvents that could be unfavourable for the thermal treatment step, e.g. aromatic compounds, or processes that produce large amounts of soluble by-products and/or impurities that can be removed before thermal treatment by the intermediate isolation of the purified carboxylic acid.
  • steps e) and f) are selected to produce particles of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid that
  • a beneficial aspect of the present process is that it can provide both for an additional purification and an enhancement of the mechanical and physical properties of the obtained product.
  • This synergistic relationship surprisingly allows to reliably estimate or predict either the aspect of purity or the aspect of mechanical properties by measuring and analyzing the respective other parameter.
  • the preferred process is particularly advantageous, as the skilled person can monitor the above parameters and can quite reliably predict, when the desired degree of purity is reached, without the need to conduct a comprehensive chemical analysis of the product.
  • the respective advantage was found to be particularly distinct for processes that comprise mono alkyl esters of FDCA.
  • both the mean particle diameter and the volume average median particle size (d50) are parameters that are well known to the skilled person and that can reliably be determined. In practice the typical measurements used in the art for determination of the respective parameters are expected to yield at least similar values. Therefore, for the overwhelming majority of cases the equipment used for determination of the mean particle diameter and volume average median particle size (d50) is not crucial. However, in case of doubt, the mean particle diameter and volume average medium particle size (d50) is measured using one of the most common devices for particle size measurements, i.e.
  • a laser diffraction particle size analyzer model Mastersizer 3000 manufactured by Malvern Panalytical using the PSD dry method with a setting of the laser obscuration of 1.5 % and a value of 1.538 of the refractive index and a dispersing pressure of 0.2 bar.
  • the decrease in mean particle diameter between particle size measurements at 0.2 bar and 2 bar dispersion pressure is measured for the same substance but on different aliquots (i.e. not subsequent measurements on the same particles). For this the sample is tested using two different levels of air pressure to create particle dispersion. The results using a dispersion pressure of 0.2 bar are considered to be the "gentlest" while using a dispersion pressure of 2 bar is a more aggressive dispersion. This can be used as a test of particle strength and stability under conditions, for example, which might represent the stress experienced during a pneumatic conveying operation.
  • the crude carboxylic acid composition comprises 2-furancarboxylic acid, preferably in an amount in the range of 1 to 2000 ppm by weight with respect to the weight of the composition, more preferably in an amount in the range of 1 to 1000 ppm by weight with respect to the weight of the composition and wherein the carboxylic acid composition preferably comprises 2-furan carboxylic acid in an amount of not more than 700 ppm by weight, more preferably in an amount of not more than 500 ppm by weight.
  • FCA is among those impurities in crude carboxylic acid compositions comprising FDCA, that are oftentimes insufficiently removed by prior art purification processes.
  • FCA is an aromatic carboxylic acid and is rather stable under oxidizing conditions, making it difficult to remove by oxidiation.
  • an aromatic carboxylic acid it is also resistant to hydrogenation under conditions which hydrogenate FFCA but not FDCA, making it difficult to remove by hydrogenation.
  • new FCA is formed when that purified dialkyl ester is hydrolyzed to produce the diacid and so this method is also not appropriate for removal of FCA.
  • the process of the present invention i.e. the process that comprises the thermal treatment
  • the process that comprises the thermal treatment is able to significantly reduce the amount of FCA in the carboxylic acid composition. Due to the surprisingly high suitability for removing FCA from carboxylic acid compositions comprising FDCA, the preferred process is particularly advantageous.
  • carboxylic acid compositions that comprise FCA when using a thermal treatment, it is surprisingly possible to quite reliably estimate or predict from the concentration of FCA in the carboxylic acid composition, whether the mechanical and physical properties of the product are likely to be sufficient as well.
  • carboxylic acid compositions that after thermal treatment comprise FCA in an amount of no more than 700 ppm, preferably 500 ppm, by weight with respect to the weight of the carboxylic acid composition exhibited acceptable or good physical and mechanical properties. This is beneficial, as depending on the equipment available in the facility it can be preferred to analyse the chemical composition instead of directly analysing the mechanical properties of the obtained product.
  • the crude carboxylic acid composition comprises 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid in an amount in the range of 90 to 99.5 %, preferably in an amount in the range of 94 to 99 %, by weight with respect to the weight of the crude carboxylic acid composition, and/or wherein the crude carboxylic acid composition comprises 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid in an amount in the range of 90 to 99.5 %, preferably in an amount in the range of 94 to 99 %, by weight with respect to the total weight of all furanics in the crude carboxylic acid composition, and/or wherein the crude carboxylic acid composition comprises 2-formyl-2-furancarboxylic acid in an amount in the range of 100 to 3800 ppm, preferably in an amount in the range of 150 to 3000 ppm, and more preferably in an amount of not more than 1500 ppm by weight with respect to the weight of the crude carboxylic acid composition, and/or wherein the crude carboxylic acid composition comprises mono alky
  • furanics is known in the art and describes all compounds that comprise at least one furan moiety, i.e. a substituted or unsubstituted furan ring.
  • the most relevant furanics typically are furan, 5-HMF and its ethers and esters, FCA and its esters, FDCA and its esters, FFCA and its esters, 2,5-Diformylfuran, 5-methylfuran-2-carboxylic acid, and dimers of these compounds.
  • the purifying in step b) comprises the step of hydrogenating at least a portion of the 2-formyl-2-furancarboxylic acid, and/or wherein the purifying in step b) also comprises a step of isolating the purified carboxylic acid composition, wherein the isolating comprises filtering and/or washing and/or drying.
  • This process is preferred because the thermal treatment was found to show especially good results when combined with hydrogenation as a purification method.
  • the purification by hydrogenation particularly cost efficient and suitable for large volumes of product that are handled in continuous or semi-continuous processes, it also is very efficient at removing FFCA from the crude carboxylic acid composition.
  • Hydrogenation as purification method is particularly preferred, as this process usually employs a hydrogenation solvent comprising a saturated organic acid having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and water or substantially pure water. Therefore, the hydrogenation solvent composition can oftentimes be used as a precursor for the treatment solvent composition that is employed during thermal treatment. While in most cases it will be required to add organic acids to adjust the desired composition of the treatment solvent composition, in some cases it is possible to directly use at least a portion of the hydrogenation solvent as treatment solvent composition without modifications. However, in these cases it is oftentimes preferred to remove at least a portion of the hydrogenation solvent, in order to establish the desired percentage of dissolved FDCA during thermal treatment.
  • a process of hydrogenation utilizing fully dissolved conditions could then be crystallized using an evaporative crystallizer, to remove a portion of the hydrogenation solvent and increase the concentration of FDCA in the process.
  • Other options for partial solvent removal include processes such as decantation, hydroclones, or clarifiers.
  • an isolation step in that the purified carboxylic acid composition is isolated from other components, e.g. the solvent used for purification.
  • Such an isolation step typically comprises the steps of filtering and/or washing and/or drying.
  • respective processes are usually not optimized with respect to cost and/or time efficiency, the intermediate isolation of the solid product facilitates the purification during the thermal treatment, allowing close control of the composition of the thermal treatment composition, without need to account for the variation in the liquid components.
  • respective processes are expected to yield among the highest purity for the carboxylic acid composition.
  • the purified carboxylic acid composition comprises 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid in an amount in the range of 95 to 99.9 %, preferably in an amount in the range of 98 to 99.9 %, by weight with respect to the weight of the purified carboxylic acid composition, and/or wherein the purified carboxylic acid composition comprises 2-formyl-2-furancarboxylic acid in an amount in the range of 1 to 200 ppm, preferably in an amount in the range of 1 to 100 ppm, by weight with respect to the weight of the purified carboxylic acid composition, and/or wherein the purified carboxylic acid composition comprises mono alkyl ester of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid in an amount in the range of 100 to 13000 ppm, preferably in an amount in the range of 200 to 11000 ppm, by weight with respect to the weight of the purified carboxylic acid composition and/or wherein the purified carboxylic acid composition comprises 2-furan carb
  • the above process is preferred as the thermal treatment of the present invention was found to be less suitable for removing FFCA that is also an undesired chain terminator in polymer grade FDCA.
  • the purification step b) is conducted in a way to remove most of the FFCA before the thermal treatment. Knowing about the comparably low capability of the thermal treatment to remove FFCA, the skilled person is able to adjust the prior art purification methods without problems to yield purified carboxylic acid composition with the desired FFCA amounts.
  • step e) is in the range of 150 to 190 °C, preferably in the range of 160 to 190 °C, and/or wherein the thermal treatment composition in step e) is subjected to an elevated temperature for a time in the range of 15 to 120 min, preferably in the range of 30 to 90 min, most preferably to a time in the range of 0.7*(220 - T/°C) to 3.0*(220 - T/°C) min, wherein T is the temperature in step e), and/or wherein in step e) the percentage of dissolved 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, relative to the total amount of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, is in the range of 20 to 60 %, preferably in the range of 30 to 60 %.
  • This process is preferred as it defines those process parameters of the thermal treatment that were found to be suitable for obtaining good results for the carboxylic acid composition with respect to both purity and mechanical properties.
  • the temperature ranges during thermal treatment and the percentage of dissolved FDCA are related by a factor that is mostly determined by the composition and amount of treatment solvent composition.
  • suitable residence times can be given in dependency of the thermal treatment temperature as disclosed above.
  • step f) is cooled to a temperature in the range of 30 to 80 °C, preferably in the range of 40 to 80 °C, and/or wherein step f) comprises the step of treating the treatment mother liquor to remove at least a portion of water from the residual treated composition, and/or wherein step f) comprises the step of recycling at least a portion of the treatment mother liquor for providing the treatment solvent composition in step c).
  • step f) As a decrease in temperature reduces the solubility of FDCA in the treatment solvent composition, leading to a precipitation of dissolved FDCA, it can be understood that the cooling in step f) is expected to have an impact on the mechanical properties of the obtained product.
  • the skilled person that intends to modify the mechanical properties of the carboxylic acid composition should contemplate changing the temperature gradient between thermal treatment in step e) and cooling in step f). It was found that it can be beneficial, if the temperature gradient during step f) is reproducibly controlled and not too steep. In agreement with this finding it is preferred to cool the treated composition to a temperature, that is still well above the typical room temperature of 20 to 25 ° C.
  • a cooling rate of up to 600 K/hour is very acceptable, but levels of 30 to 120 K/hour are preferred. While not wishing to be bound by theory, inventors believe that the presence of a large solids fraction at the processing temperature reduces the risk of fines formation or spontaneous nucleation which might otherwise be experienced at these relatively high cooling rates.
  • a high cooling rate is advantageous as it reduces the thermal stress to the system to that necessary to provide the desired treatment effect. Excess thermal stress can lead to unwanted reactions, including, for example, formation of colour.
  • the high cooling rate is advantageously provided by evaporating at least a portion of the solvent, e.g. by allowing the solvent to boil.
  • the treatment mother liquor can be used as treatment solvent composition in the thermal treatment of purified carboxylic acid composition.
  • the solvent composition can be important to adjust the solvent composition for any changes which have occurred. For example, if the purified carboxylic acid composition is water wet, for example due to being filtered and water washed but not dried, then that water will be incorporated into the mother liquor after the thermal treatment and at least a portion should be removed from the mother liquor before recycling. In this manner the overall thermal treatment composition can be maintained at the desired concentration levels.
  • the invention relates to a carboxylic acid composition
  • a carboxylic acid composition comprising greater than 98% by weight of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid with respect to the weight of the carboxylic acid composition and which carboxylic acid composition particles exhibit less than 35% decrease in the mean particle diameter between particle size measurements at 0.2 bar and 2 bar dispersion pressure
  • the carboxylic acid composition preferably comprises less than 1 % by weight of water, preferably less than 0.5 %, more preferably less than 0.1 %, and wherein the carboxylic acid composition is preferably produced using the process of the present invention.
  • the carboxylic acid composition of the present invention can conveniently be produced using the process of the present invention, in particular by the step of thermal treatment of a purified carboxylic acid composition.
  • a carboxylic acid composition is preferred that was produced using the process of the present invention or a preferred embodiment of the process of the present invention.
  • a carboxylic acid composition according to the invention, wherein the carboxylic acid composition has a volume averaged median particle size (d50) in the range of 50 to 300 ⁇ m, preferably in the range of 60 to 200 ⁇ m, and/or wherein the carboxylic acid composition has a d10 of 20 ⁇ m or greater, wherein d10 is defined as the diameter at which 10 % of particles by volume have a smaller diameter, and/or wherein the carboxylic acid composition has a d90 of 400 ⁇ m or less, wherein d90 is defined as the diameter at which 90 % of particles by volume have a smaller diameter, and/or wherein the ratio of d50 to d10 is in the range of 1 to 3, preferably in the range of 1.5 to 2.5.
  • d50 volume averaged median particle size
  • carboxylic acid compositions Upon analysis of those carboxylic acid compositions that exhibited the most beneficial mechanical properties, it was found that the respective carboxylic acid compositions exhibited a specific distribution of particle sizes that is believed to at least contribute to the fact, that carboxylic acid compositions according to the invention can easily be poured and pumped through pipelines, while maintaining these properties even after extended times of storage. Furthermore, these carboxylic acid compositions were found to have properties which were favorable for making slurries with good stability and good pumping and mixing characteristics.
  • carboxylic acid composition comprises mono alkyl ester of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, preferably mono methyl ester of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, in an amount in the range of 200 to 5000 ppm by weight with respect to the weight of the carboxylic acid composition, and/or wherein the carboxylic acid composition comprises 2-furancarboxylic acid in an amount in the range of 10 to 500 ppm, preferably 20 to 200 ppm, by weight with respect to the carboxylic acid composition, and/or wherein the carboxylic acid composition comprises 2-formyl-2-furancarboxylic acid in an amount in the range of 1 to 100 ppm, preferably 2 to 50 ppm, most preferred less than 30 ppm, by weight with respect to the carboxylic acid composition.
  • the respective carboxylic acid composition is preferred as not only the mechanical parameters are particularly favorable, but the composition also comprises low amounts of those impurities, that are known to have the most detrimental effect on the polymerization behavior of the carboxylic acid composition.
  • the invention also relates to a starting material for the production of polyalkylenefuranoate, also called poly(alkylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate), comprising the carboxylic acid composition according to the invention and alkylene glycol, preferably ethylene glycol, and a polymerization catalyst, wherein the polyalkylenefuranoate preferably is poly(ethylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate).
  • polyalkylenefuranoate also called poly(alkylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate
  • alkylene glycol preferably ethylene glycol
  • a polymerization catalyst wherein the polyalkylenefuranoate preferably is poly(ethylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate).
  • the respective starting material for the production of polyalkylenefuranoate is a mixture of the carboxylic acid composition of the present invention with alkylene glycol and a typical polymerization catalyst known in the art.
  • the respective composition is particularly suitable for use in a polymerization reaction that yields polyalkylenefuranoate. As discussed above, this is attributed to the beneficial mechanical and physical properties of the carboxylic acid composition of the present invention, i.e. the carboxylic acid composition obtained by the process of the present invention.
  • the shape of the FDCA particles and the specific distribution of particle sizes allows for a very efficient mixing with the alkylene glycol, even at low molar ratio.
  • solid FDCA obtained by prior art purification methods is oftentimes found to not form the desired mixture with ethylene glycol at low molar ratios.
  • This imposes a serious problem on the polymerization process that shall yield a high-performance polymer of a given composition and that therefore cannot easily be adopted to simply increase the molar ratio in order to allow for an enhanced mixing of the starting materials or to provide additional energy required to remove the unwanted extra glycol.
  • the carboxylic acid composition of the present invention and its use as starting material in the polymerization of polyalkylenefuranoate is highly beneficial and satisfies a long-felt need, in particular in comparison to purified carboxylic acid compositions that, due to their production history, comprise mono alkyl ester of FDCA.
  • cFDCA carboxylic acid composition
  • hFDCA purified FDCA
  • the hFDCA was analyzed and found to contain >98% by weight of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), with the main impurities comprising the mono methyl ester of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA-Me), present at 10300 ppm by weight and 2-furancarboxylic acid (FCA), present at 1680 ppm by weight.
  • FDCA 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid
  • FCA 2-furancarboxylic acid
  • the thermal treatment tests were performed in laboratory autoclaves. Heating and cooling was conducted via the walls of the autoclave and an agitator was used.
  • Comparative examples 1 and 2 use 10 wt% hFDCA in water, and were heated during thermal treatment to 160 °C in order to fully dissolve the FDCA (the low amount of hFDCA is required to enable complete dissolution). This complete dissolution is not according to the invention.
  • the thermal treatment composition was then held for 30 minutes at the given temperature.
  • the sample was subsequently cooled to 40 °C by rapid cooling.
  • comparative example 2 the sample was first cooled to 109 °C in 15 min by the evaporation of water using depressurization and subsequently cooled to 40 °C by rapid cooling.
  • Comparative examples 3 and 4 were prepared in a similar way as described above for comparative examples 1 and 2, wherein the process parameters are summarized in the table below. In both cases the heating rate was 1.5 K/min to reach the process temperature (i.e. lower than defined in the present invention) that was held for 1 hour, with a subsequent cooling to 40 °C at 1 K/min.
  • Examples 1, 2 and 3 are prepared in a similar way as described above for Comparative Examples 1 and 2, wherein the process parameters are summarized in the table below.
  • the heating rate was 1.5 K/min to reach the process temperature, that was held for 1 hour, with a subsequent cooling to 40 °C.
  • the cooling was conducted at a rate of 1 K/min.
  • the sample was first cooled to 107 °C in 7 minutes by evaporation of water using depressurization and subsequently cooled to 40 °C at a rate of 1 K/min.
  • the thermal treatment according to the invention resulted in a significant decrease in both the FDCA-Me and FCA content of the dried FDCA that is remarkably more pronounced than in comparative examples 1 to 4, indicating that both the temperature as well as the degree of FDCA dissolution should be correct.
  • the mixed furanics were fed to an oxidation reactor along with acetic acid and a catalyst comprising cobalt, manganese, and a source of ionic bromine, according to the teaching of WO 2011/043660 A1 .
  • the product of the oxidation was primarily 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and the monomethyl ester of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, along with lesser amounts of 2-carboxy-5(formyl)furan and minor amounts of other by-products. This corresponds to a crude carboxylic acid composition that is hereinafter designated as cFDCA.
  • the crude carboxylic acid composition was further purified by various methods.
  • the diacid was esterified with methanol to form the dimethyl ester of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, which was purified and then hydrolyzed in the presence of base and reacidified, to form a purified carboxylic acid composition.
  • the corresponding samples are designated eFDCA.
  • the crude carboxylic acid composition was purified by mixing it with water and hydrogen, heating to dissolve the solid, and then hydrogenating in a flow system in the presence of a catalyst to form a purified carboxylic acid composition, according to the teachings of WO 2016/195499 A1 and WO 2016/195500 A1 .
  • the corresponding samples are designated hFDCA.
  • Samples of FDCA were submitted to particle size analysis in order to determine the particle size distribution (PSD) of the sample.
  • PSD particle size distribution
  • the particle size analysis used a laser diffraction particle size analyzer model Mastersizer 3000, manufactured by Malvern Panalytical. The instrument was used to generate a full distribution of the particle sizes, which is then captured in the summary table together with the well-established d10, d50, and d90 parameters, which represent the volume averaged particle size (diameter) cut-offs for 10%, 50% and 90% of the volume of the sample. Further, a statistic is presented to represent the breadth of the particle size distribution, reported as the ratio d50/d10. Large values of this ratio indicate a distribution with a significant population of particles much smaller than the median, or fines, that are considered to be unfavourable.
  • the samples were tested using multiple levels of air pressure to create particle dispersion.
  • the results using a dispersion pressure of 0.2 bar are considered to be the "gentlest" while using a dispersion pressure of 2 bar is a more aggressive dispersion.
  • a 5 liter autoclave made of 316L stainless steel was used for the thermal treatment and the corresponding crystallization.
  • the system is pressure rated to accommodate the temperature and solvents chosen.
  • the vessel was made of 316L stainless steel. Temperature, pressure, and shaft speed are recorded.
  • the impellor is an Ekato "Viscoprop", suitable for this purpose.
  • Comparative examples 5 to 12 the respective material was fully dissolved during thermal treatment and then cooled and crystallized according to the details in the table below. In each case the material was cooled down to 40 °C after being held at the thermal treatment temperature for 30 minutes. Comparative example 7 used a more sophisticated cooling scheme in that the cooling rate was 20 K/hr to cool from 180 °C to 140 °C, then 40 K/hr from 140 °C to 100 °C, and then 60 K/hr from 100 °C to 40 °C.
  • Thermal treatment for examples 4 to 9 was conducted in a similar way as described above for comparative examples 5 to 12, wherein the process parameters are summarized in the table below.
  • the thermal treatment time was increased to 240 min.
  • Table 6 - Examples 4 to 9 Test Feed Solvent FDCA (wt%) T (°C) Cooling Rate (K/hr) d10 ⁇ m d50 ⁇ m d50/d10 Ex.4 hFDCA HAc:water 70:30 30 180 30 70 133 1.9 Ex.5 rFDCA HAc:water 70:30 30 180 30 122 223 1.8 Ex.6 rFDCA HAc:water 70:30 30 180 60 127 257 2.0 Ex.7 cFDCA HAc:water 70:30 30 180 30 52 100 1.9 Ex.8 cFDCA HAc:water 70:30 21 160 30 56 106 1.9 Ex.9 cFDCA HAc:water 70:30 30 160 30 38 74 1.9
  • thermal treatment according to the invention gives a favourable particle size distribution with a significant decrease in fines, indicated by the decrease in the d50/d10 ratio.
  • Comparative Experiments 13 and 14 involved subjecting to thermal treatment a sample of FDCA which had been purified by hydrogenation (hFDCA) and subjecting it to a full dissolution and controlled crystallization, according to the conditions in the table below.
  • the sample was 20 wt% FDCA in water, heated to 180 °C to fully dissolve the hFDCA, and subsequent cooling to 40 °C.
  • Examples 10 to 12 were subjected to thermal treatment by taking a sample of FDCA which had been purified by hydrogenation (hFDCA) and subjecting it to partial dissolution and controlled crystallization, according to the conditions in the table below. In each case the sample was kept at the desired temperature for the specified time and subsequently cooled to 40 °C.
  • hFDCA purified by hydrogenation
  • the samples obtained contain stable particles after thermal treatment as shown by a lower percentage reduction in d50 when the tests at 2.0 bar are compared to 0.2 bar dispersion pressure. These solids are found to have improved solids handling properties.
  • Example C Thermal treatment temperature and degree of dissolution
  • Purified FDCA was prepared by hydrogenation of crude FDCA in water, followed by crystallization, cooling, filtering, and washing with water.
  • a solvent composition was made of acetic acid and water, in a ratio of 65:35, by weight.
  • 30 grams of FDCA was mixed with 70 grams of solvent. The mixture was heated in an autoclave to the desired temperature and held at temperature for 60 minutes with stirring. The mixture was then cooled rapidly, down to 40 °C, prior to filtration. The filter cake was washed with the solvent, then dried and analyzed for the listed impurities. The results are shown in the table below. The estimated % of total FDCA which is dissolved at the thermal treatment temperature is also indicated. The run at 40 °C is for comparison, and not according to the invention.
  • FDCA was prepared by hydrogenation in water, followed by crystallization, cooling, filtering, and washing with water.
  • a solvent composition was made of acetic acid and water, in varying ratio by weight, as indicated in the table.
  • a composition comprising 27-30 wt% FDCA was made in the desired solvent.
  • the mixture was heated in an autoclave to 180 °C and held at temperature for 60 minutes, with stirring.
  • the mixture was then cooled rapidly, down to 40 °C, prior to filtration.
  • the filter cake was washed with the solvent, then dried and analyzed for the reported impurities. The results are shown in the table below.
  • the estimated % of total FDCA which is dissolved at the thermal treatment temperature (180 °C) is also reported.

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  1. Procédé pour la production d'une composition d'acide carboxylique comprenant de l'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique, le procédé comprenant les étapes :
    a) fourniture ou production d'une composition d'acide carboxylique brute comprenant de l'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique et de l'acide 2-formyl-2-furannecarboxylique ;
    b) purification de la composition d'acide carboxylique brute pour produire une composition d'acide carboxylique purifiée comprenant de l'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique, la purification comprenant au moins une étape choisie dans le groupe constitué par :
    - hydrogénation d'au moins une partie de l'acide 2-formyl-2-furannecarboxylique ;
    - oxydation d'au moins une partie de l'acide 2-formyl-2-furannecarboxylique ;
    - recristallisation d'au moins une partie de l'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique ; et
    - hydrolyse d'un ester de dialkyle d'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique ;
    c) fourniture ou production d'une composition de solvant de traitement comprenant de l'eau et au moins 5 % en poids de solvant acide acétique, par rapport au poids de la composition de solvant de traitement ;
    d) fourniture ou production d'une composition de traitement thermique comprenant la composition d'acide carboxylique purifié et la composition de solvant de traitement ;
    e) soumission de la composition de traitement thermique à une température élevée dans la plage de 140 à 200 °C pendant une durée dans la plage de 5 à 240 min, le pourcentage d'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique, par rapport à la quantité totale d'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique, étant dans la plage de 10 à 80 % pour obtenir une composition traitée ; et
    f) refroidissement de la composition traitée jusqu'à une température dans la plage de 20 à 80 °C et séparation d'au moins une partie de l'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique de la composition traitée pour obtenir une composition d'acide carboxylique et une liqueur mère de traitement comprenant le solvant acide acétique ayant de 2 à 6 atomes de carbone.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, la composition d'acide carboxylique brute et/ou la composition d'acide carboxylique purifiée comprenant un ester de monoalkyle d'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique, préférablement un ester de monométhyle d'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, l'étape e) étant conduite dans un réacteur qui est pressurisé avec un gaz inerte, préférablement de l'azote ou de l'argon,
    et/ou
    la composition de traitement thermique dans l'étape e) étant agitée possédant au moins une partie de la durée, préférablement par brassage, pour exposer l'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique solide à des forces de cisaillement.
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, la composition de traitement thermique comprenant de l'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique en une quantité de 15 à 45 %, préférablement de 20 à 40 %, en poids par rapport au poids de la composition de solvant de traitement thermique,
    et/ou
    la composition de solvant de traitement comprenant de l'acide acétique et de l'eau, préférablement en un rapport compris entre 60 : 40 et 99,9 : 0,1, plus préférablement en un rapport compris entre 65 : 35 et 95 : 5.
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, la composition d'acide carboxylique brute comprenant de l'acide 2-furannecarboxylique, préférablement en une quantité dans la plage de 1 à 2 000 ppm en poids par rapport au poids de la composition, plus préférablement en une quantité dans la plage de 1 à 1 000 ppm en poids par rapport au poids de la composition et, la composition d'acide carboxylique comprenant de l'acide 2-furannecarboxylique en une quantité non supérieure à 700 ppm en poids, plus préférablement en une quantité non supérieure à 500 ppm en poids.
  6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, la composition d'acide carboxylique brute comprenant un ester de monoalkyle d'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique en une quantité dans la plage de 0,2 à 5,0 %, préférablement en une quantité dans la plage de 0,3 à 3 %, en poids par rapport au poids de la composition d'acide carboxylique brute.
  7. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, la purification dans l'étape b) comprenant l'étape d'hydrogénation d'au moins une partie de l'acide 2-formyl-2-furannecarboxylique.
  8. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, dans l'étape e) le pourcentage d'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique dissous, par rapport à la quantité totale d'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique, étant dans la plage de 20 à 60 %, préférablement dans la plage de 30 à 60 %.
  9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, la température dans l'étape e) étant dans la plage de 150 à 190 °C, préférablement dans la plage de 160 à 190 °C,
    et/ou
    la composition de traitement thermique dans l'étape e) étant soumise à une température élevée ou pendant une durée dans la plage de 15 à 120 min, préférablement dans la plage de 30 à 90 min, le plus préférablement dans la plage de 0,7*(220 - T/°C) à 3,0*(220 - T/°C) min, T étant la température dans l'étape e) .
  10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, la composition traitée dans l'étape f) étant refroidie jusqu'à une température dans la plage de 30 à 80 °C, préférablement dans la plage de 40 à 80 °C.
  11. Composition d'acide carboxylique pouvant être obtenue par un procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10 comprenant plus de 98 % en poids d'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique duquel les particules de composition d'acide carboxylique présentent moins de 35 % de diminution du diamètre moyen de particule entre des mesures de taille de particule à une pression de dispersion de 0,2 bar et 2 bars et, la composition d'acide carboxylique comprenant moins 0,1 % en poids d'eau.
  12. Composition d'acide carboxylique selon la revendication 11, les particules de composition d'acide carboxylique ayant une taille médiane de particule moyennée en volume (d50) dans la plage de 50 à 300 µm, préférablement dans la plage de 60 à 200 µm, et/ou
    le rapport de d50 sur d10 étant dans la plage de 1 à 3, préférablement dans la plage de 1,5 à 2,5.
  13. Composition d'acide carboxylique selon la revendication 11 ou 12, la composition d'acide carboxylique comprenant un ester de monoalkyle d'acide 2,5 furannedicarboxylique, préférablement un ester de monoéthyle d'acide 2,5-furannedicarboxylique, en une quantité dans la plage de 200 à 5 000 ppm en poids par rapport au poids de la composition d'acide carboxylique,
    et/ou
    la composition d'acide carboxylique comprenant l'acide 2-furannecarboxylique en une quantité dans la plage de 10 à 500 ppm, préférablement 20 à 200 ppm, en poids par rapport à la composition d'acide carboxylique.
  14. Matière de départ pour la production de poly(furannoate d'alkylène) comprenant la composition d'acide carboxylique selon l'une quelconque des revendications 11 à 13 et un alkylèneglycol, préférablement l'éthylène glycol, et un catalyseur de polymérisation.
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